Ash receiver



Jan. 23, E951 v. SAVAGE 2,539,166

ASH RECEIVER Filed Feb. 20, 1946 INVENTOR Van/cent Sawgye Patented Jan. 23, 1951 omreo srArss FFECE ASH RECEIVER Application February 20, 1946, Serial No. 648,935

2 Claims.

My invention relates to an ash receiver and the like and more particularly to bafile means for deflecting gases and for preventing their exit into a room.

Ash receivers including a waste receptac'e together with a swinging bafile for preventing exit of smoke. and noxious gases from the rec ptacle are now widely used. In the e devices, the baiiie is poised for free rocking motion about. a fulcrum bar. However, during cleaning and serv'cing of such ash receivers, baliles frequently become displaced from their fulcrum seats and are often lost.

It is theobject of my invention, therefore, to provide improved means anchoring or looking a baffie in place so that it cannot accidentally become separated from the ash receiver part which carries it.

In the drawings wh ch show, for illustrative purposes only, a preferred form of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an ash receiver illustrative of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially in the plane of line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary isometric view of the lower end of the waste-conducting tube and bafile bar shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detailed isometric view of a bafile adapted to cooperate with th parts shown in Fig. 3.

An ash receiver suitable for embodiment of my invention includes a waste receptacle 5 which may be and preferably is a glass Mason jar, to the upper end of which is detachably secured waste-receiving means such as an ash tray 6. In the form shown, a threaded sleeve 1 is secured to the underside of the tray 6, and screws threadedly receive the receptacle 5 in a substantially gas-tight fit. The ash tray 6 has a discharge opening preferably in the form of a tube 8 formed with or secured to the lower or funnel end of the tray. The tube 8 may be substantially square on the bottom or may be inclined as desired. Elements as so far described are illustrated in Baylis Patent 1,908,279, issued May 9, 1933. My present invention is in the nature of an improvement on the invention disclosed in said patent.

In the form illustrated I employ a bafiie-bar member 9 having a fulcrum part it. This baille bar may be conveniently formed of bent sheet metal and may be secured at l I to the discharge opening of tube member 3 as by means of rivets or spot welding. The fulcrum portion Ill of the baflie bar is preferably to one side of the discharge end of the tube 8. A baffle I2 is poised on the D baiiie bar and may consist of a light-plate sheet metal or similar material bent along the, line 13, so as to rest for free rocking motion on the fulcrum portion ill of the baffle bar. Thebaffle plate It is poised as by means of counterpoises l5 so as to hang in inclined position beneath the discharge end of the discharge opening or tube 8. Thus, as is well known, smoke and noxious gases rising in the receptacle 5 will be deflected and will be prevented from entering the tube 8and passing out therethrough.

I have provided means for securely anchoring the bafiie in place to prevent displacement and loss thereof, without in any way impairing the free-rocking function characteristic of the device described in the above-identified patent. Such an anchoring means may utlize a projection carried by one of the tube and bafiie-bar members and extending toward the other of said members and may be in the form of interengaging surfaces on the bafiie and on the other part (c. g. the baflle bar) of the ash receiver.

In the form illustrated, the baffle is provided with an opening l6 at a point substantially along the fulcrum or pivotal axis thereof. One of the members, in this case the balile bar, is provided with a locking projection H, which passes through the opening it when the baffle is inserted into cradled relation with the baflie bar and which may then be bent into engagement with or in proximity to say the end of the tube 8 so as effectively to lock the baflie in place. The opening [6 is sufiiciently larger than the projection I! to prevent binding action and to permit the baliie to swing freely.

In use, it will be understood that smokers waste (if sufiiciently heavy) passing downwardly from the tray 6 will swing the bafile and then fall freely into the waste receptacle 5. Light waste such as ashes will simply fall on the bafile and slide off into the bottom of the receptacle.

In the form illustrated the discharge tube 8 is cut oiT square, but if desired this cut may be made at an angle more closely approximating the inclination normally assumed by the baflie plate l4. Such a construction is shown in the Baylis patent. Regardless of the cut selected for terminating tube 8, it will be clear that the inclined surface it of baflie l2 serves to deflect smoke and noxious gases away from the discharge opening (i. e. away from tube 8) and to conduct them upwardly into the annular space above. The smoke and vapors are soon prec pitated, condensed, or otherwise disposed of, without passing from the receptacle and, hence, without contaminating the air of the room.

When the ash receiver is to be serviced, the

receptacle 5 is simply removed and the waste material emptied. During such servicing operations, even by careless people, there is no possibility of displacement or loss of the baffle other than by deliberate intent.

While the invention has been described in considerable detail, and a preferred form illustrated, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an ash receiver, a downwardly projecting tubular waste-discharge member for conducting waste into a receptacle beneath said discharge member, a baffle-bar member secured to said discharge member and having a fulcrum portion to one side of and at the lower end of said discharge member, and a baflle comprising a baflle plate, said plate having an upper end counterweight portion bent at an angle along a bend line, said baflle plate being supported with said bend line on the fulcrum portion of said bafilebar member, said bar member having an upwardly projecting portion, said baffle plate having an opening in the bend line for receiving said upwardly projecting portion, said projecting portion cooperating with the lower end of said discharge member to lock said plate on said bar member while permitting free swinging of said bafile.

2. In an ash receiver, a downwardly projecting '4 tubular waste-discharge member for conducting waste into a receptacle beneath said discharge member, a baffle-bar member secured to said discharge member and having a fulcrum portion to one side of and at the lower end of said discharge member, and a baflle comprising a baffle plate, said plate having an upper end counterweight portion bent-at an angle along a bend line, said baffle plate being supported with said bend line on the fulcrum portion of said baffie-bar member, one of said members having a projection including a portion extending generally upwardly of said bar member, said baflle plate having an opening in the bend line for receiving said upwardly extending portion, said projection cooperating with the other of said members to lock said Plate on said bar member while permitting free swinging of said baffle.

VINCENT SAVAGE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 892,993 Higgins July 14, 1908 1,428,070 Young Sept. 5, 1922 1,908,279 Baylis May 9, 1933 2,333,244 Gordon Nov. 2, 1943 

